Chile: Mine owners ask forgiveness , NASA reinforcements
August 31st, 2010
Alejandro and Marcel Bohn Kemeny , leaders of the group owner of San Esteban San Jose , were heard Tuesday by a committee on Mines of the Parliament of Valparaiso on Aug. 5 accident and overall safety of the mine closed in 2007 already after an accident.
” The pain caused by this unwanted and unplanned justified by us that we ask forgiveness for the anguish that was felt these days , ” said Bohn , during televised debates .
“This situation is terrible , and we hope she finds a successful conclusion very quickly , ” he added . “We will do our best to bring all assets available to our company to provide workers and creditors , to assist them .
The mining leaders had requested a hearing in camera , denied by the Commission.
Apologies , first formulated as clearly and publicly since the accident occurred , so that ” Operation San Lorenzo , codename given to relief with reference to the patron saint of miners entered its crucial phase with the drilling of a relief well .
On Monday night , a powerful excavator has begun to tackle the rocky ground to rescue the men trapped in the mine , 800 km from Santiago.
The Strata 950 , 30 tons of drill Australian design , drilling a vertical well 702 meters deep and 33 cm diameter, then a second phase will expand to 66 cm in diameter.
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